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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, January 23, 2017 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />6. JAKE BARKLEY, 430 OLD CRYSTAL BAY ROAD, DETERMINATION OF USE <br />(continued) <br />Barnhart stated the challenge Staff has is that this is an industrial zone and that another use would also <br />likely have trucks backing up into this space. Barnhart stated there is always some give and take a little <br />bit with industrial and that in his view the bigger issue is not the noise generated from truck engines but <br />rather from the backup alarms. <br />Jake Barkley, 3640 Bayside Road, stated his current business is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and that <br />they presently run a day shift from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., which is also when shipping and receiving occurs. <br />Barkley stated one block of granite takes about 36 hours to saw and that there will not be 20 trucks <br />coming a day. Barkley indicated limestone saws can cut three to four stones a day, and to be <br />economically feasible, the plant needs to run 24/7. <br />Walsh stated his main concern is the deliveries and the lights given the residential development that will <br />be located across the street. Walsh stated while Mr. Barkley can say deliveries are rare, that does not <br />mean there are not ten loads coming in the following week at night. <br />Barkley stated they would not be unloading blocks at night and that they currently only have deliveries <br />during the day. Barkley noted there are trucks going up and down Highway 12 around the clock, which is <br />different from Old Crystal Bay Road, but that there is traffic on that road throughout the night. Barkley <br />stated any amount of shipping would be minimal in the grand scheme of things. <br />City Attorney Mattick stated under a site plan approval, limiting site hours is more difficult, but that Staff <br />can take a look at that. <br />Barnhart noted he spoke earlier about screening and door orientation, which is something that will be <br />looked at during the site plan process. Barnhart stated it would be appropriate, as part of the site plan <br />review, to look at where the exterior doors are located. Barnhart stated any industrial property will have <br />noise issues and responsible site design can mitigate those issues to some degree. <br />Seals asked whether it is possible to position the doors and deliveries towards the back or sides that are <br />not facing residential areas. Seals stated her big concern is Orono Preserve and that she would like to <br />mitigate some of those issues. <br />Barkley stated they intend to have an office and a more presentable street front. Barkley stated he is <br />assuming they will want to put that on the west side and face the street but that they have not begun <br />designing the building at this point. <br />Barkley indicated his current building is approximately 65,000 square feet but their flow is not good. <br />This site can handle roughly 60,000 square feet of building. If the building layout is efficient, they will be <br />able to grow into that for the next 10-20 years. Barkley stated the idea with manufacturing is to put the <br />raw goods at one end, with the end product coming out the other end. Barkley indicated they perhaps <br />could run it from east to west but that they will want to store a lot of finished goods on the north or south <br />side. <br />Council Member Printup asked if berming could be required along Old Crystal Bay Road. <br />Page 6 of 15 <br />